. Descriptive catalog. Nursery stock Catalogs; Horticulture Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Shenandoah. Bartlett. (See SUMMER PEARS, Continued Wilder—Medium to rather small; regular in form, greenish yellow, with a brownish red cheek; melting, sweet and very pleasant; tree a vigorous grower and great bearer. AUTUMN PEARS Beurre D'Anjou—Large, greenish sprinkled with russet, sometimes shaded with dull crimson; flesh whitish, buttery, melting, with high, rich flavor; very productive; tree vig-
. Descriptive catalog. Nursery stock Catalogs; Horticulture Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Shenandoah. Bartlett. (See SUMMER PEARS, Continued Wilder—Medium to rather small; regular in form, greenish yellow, with a brownish red cheek; melting, sweet and very pleasant; tree a vigorous grower and great bearer. AUTUMN PEARS Beurre D'Anjou—Large, greenish sprinkled with russet, sometimes shaded with dull crimson; flesh whitish, buttery, melting, with high, rich flavor; very productive; tree vig- orous. Duchess D'Angouleme—Very large, dull green- ish yellow, streaked and spotted with rus- set; flesh white, buttery and very juicy, with a rich, excellent flavor; tree page 9.) Flemish Beauty—Large, beautiful, juicy, melt- ing, rich and fine; bear good hardy fruit everywhere; tree very vigorous. Garber—Large, irregular; color russet brown. Flesh good. Howell—Large, light waxen yellow, with fine red cheek! rich, sweet and melting, with a perfumed aromatic flavor; early, profuse bearer; very hardy and valuable. Kieffer—Very large; pale shade, light yellow when full ripe; sometimes has a blush; flesh white, crisp, juicy and of a slight quince flavor; fair quality; exceedingly valuable for cooking or canning; never rots at the core; tree is a vigorous grower and must be suf- ficiently pruned; a regular and abundant bearer; extremely vigorous. Sheldon—Large size, yellow or greenish russet, with a richly shaded cheek; flesh a little coarse, melting, juicy and very crisp; highly perfumed flavor; produc- tive and vigorous. Seckel—Small; skin a rich, yellowish brown with a brownish red cheek; flesh very fine grained, sweet and exceedingly juicy and melting, buttery and the richest and high- est flavored pear known; bears moderate. WINTER PEARS Lawrence—Pear medium size, yellow, ten- der and melting; quality of the best, and one of the best winter pears
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